This Cross
is Reverently Erected
in the Memory of McIan Chief of the MacDonalds
of Glencoe
Who fell with his people
in the Massacre of Glencoe
of 13 Feb: 1692
By his direct descendant
Ellen Burns MacDonald of Glencoe . . . — — Map (db m85791) HM
Highlands & Islands of Scotland
Scrabster Harbour
Skarabolstathar
Caithness and Orkney were settled by the Norse and Skarabolstathar — ‘the homestead at the cliff edge' — is mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga as a stronghold in . . . — — Map (db m127662) HM
HMS Natal — A Naval warrior destroyed
HMS Natal was a Warrior class Cruiser of 13,550 tons with a complement of 704 officers and men. She was launched at Barrow-in-Furness on 30th September 1905 and had a distinguished peacetime career. This . . . — — Map (db m128195) HM WM
Cromarty Community Council
Birthplace of
James Thomson M.D.
1823 – 1854
A Good Samaritan
to wounded enemy Russians
at the
Battle of Alma
In the Crimean War — — Map (db m127307) HM
Erected By
The Officers Non-Commissioned Officers and Men
Past and Present of the Seaforth Highlanders
Ross-Shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany’s
In Memory of Their Comrades
Who Lost Their Lives in South Africa 1899 – 1902
Killed in . . . — — Map (db m127324) WM
In Memory of Officers N.C.O’s and Men
Of the Royal Burgh and Parish of Dingwall
Who Fell in the Great Wars 1914 – 1918
And 1939 – 1945.
How Bless’d How Glorious They Who Bravely Fall
Their Lives Devoted At Their Country’s . . . — — Map (db m127325) WM
For Their Country
In Memory
of
the Following Officers, N.C.O. & Men
of The Seaforth Highlanders
Who Were Killed In Action
at Fontaine-Notre Dame
On the 21st & 22nd November 1917
Capt. A.K. Fraser. M.C. · Capt. A.M. MacDonald, D.S.O. . . . — — Map (db m127326) WM
In
Memory of
Sergt. John Meikle V.C.M.M.
Late Clerk at Nitshill Station
Who Enlisted in H.M. Forces
(Seaforth Highlanders)
8th February 1915 During the
Great War and was Killed
In Action on 20th July 1918
Erected by His Railway . . . — — Map (db m127327) WM
To the Glory
of God
and in Grateful
Remembrance of
the Officers,
Non. Com. Officers
and Men
From the Parish
of Urqurhart (Ross)
Who Gave Their Lives For
King and Country
In the Great Wars
1914 — 1919.
1939 — . . . — — Map (db m127977) HM
Erected by The Seaforth Highlanders to the undying memory of 8432 comrades belonging to the ten battalions of the regiment who gave their lives for their country in the Great War
Scotland For Ever — — Map (db m34064) HM
Exploring Corrieshalloch Gorge
The thundering River Droma plunges over 100m down through the most impressive slot-gorge in Britain. The forces of nature alone have created this incredible site.
A slot-gorge is an extremely narrow and . . . — — Map (db m127975) HM
The Bridge of Oich
The Old Bridge Is Swept Away
In 1849 floods swept through the Great Glen, breaching the Caledonian Canal behind you and destroying the stone bridge over the River Oich. It took five years before its replacement, this bridge, was . . . — — Map (db m127330) HM
A Castle for All Seasons
Urquhart was transformed many times during its long history, shaped and reshaped by its owners' changing needs and circumstances.
1. The Pictish Hill Fort
The first defences could date from before St Columba's . . . — — Map (db m127302) HM
A Highland Icon
‘S a bhaidealan àrda
Air sgàineadh o chèil’
‘S chan eil eachdraidh no seanchas
A dh'fhàg dearbhadh o chèin
Air an àl chuir an àird e
No dhaingnich a stèidh
Òran do Ghleann urchadain — Tòmas an Todhair
. . . — — Map (db m127243) HM
Academy of Applied Science
Academy of Applied Science
Loch Ness Research Team
United Kingdom Volunteer Associates
Harold and Esther Edgerton · Charles Finkelstein · Martin Klein · John and Annabelle Lothrop · Howard and Ruth Curtis · Tim . . . — — Map (db m127390) HM
1914 — 1918
Great European War
In Honoured Memory of
The Gallant Men
From the Parish and Village
of Ardersier
Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
Sergt.-Major Thomas H. Bently, A.I.F. · Sergt. George Bain, Cameron Hldrs · Pte Donald . . . — — Map (db m128049) WM
The greatest castle of the Scottish Highlands stands before you. Within its ruined walls, you can discover stories of the remarkable people who lived here, learn more about some of the dramatic chapters in Scotland's history and share memorable . . . — — Map (db m87602) HM
Chapel Yard Cemetery
Cladh Leas A’ Chaibeil
The Chapel Yard Cemetery is one of three old burial grounds in Inverness city centre. The others are at Friars Street and the Old High Church.
The Chapel Yard or St Mary's Cemetery was probably . . . — — Map (db m127329) HM
Destroying the Gatehouse
Blocks of masonry were thrown here by an explosion in 1692 that ended the castle's long military career. Its garrison deliberately destroyed the gatehouse to prevent their Jacobite enemies from holding the medieval fortress . . . — — Map (db m127246) HM
Doocot
This beehive-shaped home for pigeons was built in the 1500s torovide fresh meat and eggs during the harsh winter months. Four of its stone nesting boxes survive.
John Grant was required to build a 'dove grove' under the terms of the . . . — — Map (db m127296) HM
Flora
MacDonald
Fhad’s a dh’ fhàsas
flùr air machair
Mairidh cliù Nathaniel
h-ainnir chaoimh.
— —
“The preserver of Prince Charles
Edward Stuart will be mentioned
in history, and if courage and
fidelity be . . . — — Map (db m127373) HM
Ghosts of Urquhart’s Past
Urquhart Castle is a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. Walls have been demolished and new ones raised many times during the last 1,500 years. Timber buildings have rotted away entirely.
Stone Free . . . — — Map (db m127294) HM
Ladich a’ Chlinne a thuit’san arach
In Affectionate
and grateful Memory of
the Glen Urquhart Men
Who fell
in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Major Ian Mackay. · Cap. John Urquhart. · Cap. James Ogilvie Grant Earl of Seafield · Lt J. MacD. . . . — — Map (db m127305) WM
Inverness Castle
Sheriff courthouse and county hall built 1834 · William Burn architect · Here stood the king’s castle in the 12th century when David 1st founded the Royal Burgh of Inverness · The early timber castle was replaced by a high stone . . . — — Map (db m127369) HM
Before the first bridge was built across the Ness in the 12th century, Castle Street was the main route in and out of Inverness. In those days it was called the Doomsdale or the ‘valley of judgement’.
The ‘motte’ has been home to several . . . — — Map (db m127370) HM
John Cobb – World Speed Record Challenger – and – Glen Urquhart
In 1952 John Cobb, who already held the World Land-Speed Record, stayed in Glen Urquhart whilst making his attempt on the World Water-Speed Record on Loch Ness. . . . — — Map (db m128374) HM
On the waters of Loch Ness
John Cobb
having travelled at
206 miles per hour
in an attempt to gain the
World’s Water
Speed Record
lost his life
in this bay
Sept. 29th. 1952
This memorial is erected as a tribute
to the memory of . . . — — Map (db m127174) HM
Loch Ness and the Great Glen
Urquhart guards the Great Glen, An Gleann Mòr in Gaelic, that runs 73 miles (117km) from coast to coast. People have sought to control this route since ancient times. The castle commands Loch Ness as well as . . . — — Map (db m127304) HM
One of Our Aircraft
On the 21st Sept 1985 Wellington Bomber N2980 'R' for Robert was recovered, from a depth of 70 metres at a location 200 metres directly off shore from this point.
The Wimpy was RAF Bomber Commands mainstay in the early years . . . — — Map (db m127401) HM WM
The Chapel
On the rocky knoll above you are the foundations of what may have been Urquhart's chapel. The laird and his family needed somewhere private to hear Mass and receive Holy Communion from a priest.
From Worship to Warfare
There . . . — — Map (db m127253) HM
The Gatehouse
This once mighty structure protected the weakest point in Urquhart's defences — its main entrance.
Attackers had to negotiate the rock-cut ditch that was crossed by a drawbridge you can see where its pillars once fitted, . . . — — Map (db m127248) HM
The Grant Tower
This tower was built some time after King James IV gave Urquhart to John Grant of Freuchie in 1509. It was reward for supporting the monarch in his struggle against the MacDonald Lords of the Isles.
The King's Gift . . . — — Map (db m127258) HM
The Great Hall
Lavish banquets with music, dancing and storytelling were staged in the building before you.
This was where Urquhart's lord or his constable entertained guests and showed off their wealth and status. It was also where they . . . — — Map (db m127255) HM
The Great Kitchen
This room was alive with the sights, sounds and smells of a great medieval kitchen. It was where the culinary creations enjoyed by the 14th-century lord and his guests were concocted.
The discovery of an older kitchen rubbish . . . — — Map (db m127250) HM
The Great Raid of 1545
In 1545, a MacDonald-led force stormed Urquhart. Over the next month they systematically stripped the castle and Glen Urquhart of everything of value. The loot was carried away down the Great Glen. They burned what they could . . . — — Map (db m127252) HM
This pub was officially opened in 1860 by innkeeper Mrs Margaret Patterson. The name of the pub at this time is currently unknown.
However, this pub was open for at least ten years prior to officially becoming a licensed house. This would make . . . — — Map (db m127541) HM
The Magic of Loch Ness
Mòralachd Loch Nis
Welcome to the loch with the monster
Fàilte gu loch an uile-bheist
Did you know that …
St Columba is said to have seen the Loch's elusive monster in the 6th century. But even recent detective . . . — — Map (db m127395) HM
The Majesty of Loch Ness
Mòralachd Loch Nis
Welcome to a monster of a loch
Fàilte gu uile-bheist de locha
Did you know that...
Loch Ness (Nis - possibly a person's name) holds more water than all the lakes and reservoirs in England? . . . — — Map (db m127393) HM
The New Kitchen
Hearty Highland meals may have been prepared here for the residents of the Grant Tower.
The building was part of a small complex added to the castle when it was rebuilt in the 1500s. The old kitchen block had been demolished by . . . — — Map (db m127257) HM
The Private Chamber
The laird of Grant probably entertained close friends here on the first floor and had his bed on the second. Servants may have slept above.
All In the Family
The Grants were based in Strathspey, southeast of . . . — — Map (db m127259) HM
The Service Close
In the 1300s, you would have seen men and women making and repairing clothes, heard wood being worked into furniture and smelt ale being brewed around here.
The service close was sited away from the main castle buildings and . . . — — Map (db m127291) HM
The Stables
These walls may have echoed with the clatter of horses' hooves. Close to the gatehouse, this was the ideal spot for the castle's stables.
Carrying a Heavy Load
Riding horses or ‘coursours' carried nobles; pack horses or . . . — — Map (db m127260) HM
The Trebuchet
To breach the walls of a castle as mighty as Urquhart, an attacker needed siege engines. Most fearsome was the trebuchet, a type of giant catapult that could hurl massive stone balls hundreds of metres.
There is no record of . . . — — Map (db m127245) HM
The Water Gate
This gate linked Urquhart to the outside world. When roads were almost nonexistent, it was easier for people to travel along the loch by boat.
Everything the castle needed came through the water gate, including exotic imports . . . — — Map (db m127293) HM
Upstream, downstream
Suas an abhainn, sìos an abhainn
Look upstream to spot the places among the green spaces.
Highland cathedral Cathair-eaglais Ghàidhealach
St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral (1874) is the first new cathedral in Britain . . . — — Map (db m127375) HM
Urquhart the Defiant
Urquhart was held by some of the most powerful men in medieval Scotland and forged a reputation as a virtually impregnable fortress during the Wars of Independence.
A New Castle
This is the oldest part of the . . . — — Map (db m127301) HM
A geological sandwich
Sreath air muin sreath
For many people, this is one of the grandest views in Britain — and for geologists it's also one of the most exciting! Look at the scene across the loch and you can see two lines running . . . — — Map (db m127934) HM
A moving story
Siubhal nan clach
The boulders you see perched on top of the low hill across the road weren't always there. The huge blocks of rock once lay many miles to the southeast. So how did they get here?
Chithear ulbhagan mòra . . . — — Map (db m127906) HM
Ardvreck Castle
Seat of the MacLeods of Assynt
An old song makes history alive again,
as a rickle of stones perplex the dark theatre
of the mind with a shouting crowd and,
in the middle, MacLeod of Assynt
and his greater prisoner . . . — — Map (db m127936) HM
Calda House
Conjectural Reconstruction c.1730
Calda is still known locally as the White House and, with its white walls and window and door surrounds of imported dressed sandstone, it must have looked very splendid indeed. It had two . . . — — Map (db m127938) HM
Causeway Tongue House, on the north east side of the Kyle, was rebuilt in 1678 — after being burned by Cromwell's troops — and further added to in 1750. Once the seat of the Mackay chiefs, it has belonged to the Sutherland family . . . — — Map (db m127826) HM
Ceannabeinne
Ceann na Bienne
Ceannabeinne is the township at the end of a chain of hills stretching north from Cranstackie (801 m). The area divides Loch Eriboll from the Kyle of Durness. The pink coloured rock is Lewisian gneiss, commonly found . . . — — Map (db m127828) HM
Ceannabeinne Township Trail
The Highland Township
In the Eighteenth century Ceannabeinne was typical of a farming community in the Highlands. The farm was rented by a Tacksman from Lord Reay, Chief of Clan MacKay. In turn he sub-let the . . . — — Map (db m127829) HM
Ceannabeinne Township Trail
Houses and Homes – Life begins to get better
Of the 14 houses recorded here in 1841, little remains. However, in front of this sign you should be able to make out the rectangular foundation of a house, . . . — — Map (db m127830) HM
Chambered Cairn
Dating to before 2000BC, by far the earliest indication of human occupation in this area is a burial cairn on a knoll above Ardvreck. It was excavated in 1925 and a massive slab lining one side of the chamber can still be seen in . . . — — Map (db m127937) HM
Durness
This stone feature, built in 1886, was originally located at the road junction and housed a clock. It was moved to this location in 1993 when the Village Square was upgraded. George Whyte of Sangomore, the local stonemason, was reputedly . . . — — Map (db m127832) HM
Erected by the
People of Durness
to the
Glory of God
And in Sorrowful
Memory of Their
Noble Dead Who
Fell in the Great
War of 1914 1919.
And also in
Memory of Those
Who Gave Their Lives
1939—1945.
Siol nan Sonn’s . . . — — Map (db m127831) WM
Glacier detectives
Sruthan nam fianais
Icy evidence
Glaciers leave a trail of evidence showing where they've been. But it's not always a simple piece of detective work to find out exactly what happened in the past.
Dileab na deighe . . . — — Map (db m127939) HM
Green and pleasant land
Cluaintean glas is sìtheil
As you arrived in Elphin, did you notice that the grass looks greener here?
This is because the rock under the soil is limestone, which makes the ground more fertile than the . . . — — Map (db m127968) HM
Keoldale Green
Rubha an Tigh Shaille
Rubha an Tigh Shaille is Gaelic for 'Point of the Salt House' more commonly known today as 'Keoldale Green. The land here is an oasis of green in a barren wilderness, the weathering of the ancient Cambrian . . . — — Map (db m127903) HM
County Council of Sutherland
Kyle of Tongue Crossing
This crossing was opened on Friday 3rd September 1971
by
Councillor Mrs C.B. Mackay Tongue
D. McBain, Convenor — Donald Macleod, Chairman — J.B. Rodger, County Clerk
Sir . . . — — Map (db m127827) HM
Kylesku Bridge
Opened by
Her Majesty The Queen
8th August, 1984
The bridge replaces the ferry service which has existed since the early nineteenth century. The bridge was built for the Highland Regional Council and partly financed by the . . . — — Map (db m127908) HM
1883
As A Mark
Of Gratitude And Respect
To The Inhabitants Of
Durness And Eddrachillis
For Their Hospitality,
While Projecting This
Road, This Inscription Is
Placed Over This Well By
Their Humble Servant
Peter Lawson . . . — — Map (db m127905) HM
Stories in sand
Gainmheach Angelo aithris
During the Ice Age, great glaciers and ice sheets gouged out the river valleys and scoured the mountains here. Today, wind and waves help shape this sandy landscape.
Ri Linn na Deighe, rinn . . . — — Map (db m127904) HM
This Cairn Was Erected To
Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of
The XIIth Submarine Flotilla
10th April 1993
The Security of These Top Secret Operations Was
Guarded by the Local People of This District Who
Knew So Much and Talked So Little . . . — — Map (db m127907) HM
To
The Glory
Of God
Jutland · Marne · Mons · Ypres · Loos · Zeebruge · Paschendale · Beaumont Hamel · Ostend · Festubert · Vimy · Neuve Chapelle · Somme · Cambrai · Peronne
Erected to
The Memory of
The Men of Lybster and Swiney
Who . . . — — Map (db m127539) WM
To Commemorate
The Founder of this Village and Harbour
Lieutenant-General Patrick Sinclair
of Lybster
1735-1820
He served in North America 1759 -1784
with the Black Watch and the 15th
Regiment of Foot against the French and
Indians . . . — — Map (db m127540) HM WM
Muir of Ord
"Am Blair Mhor" the Gaelic for Muir of Ord, means a ‘large clear level place' which is easy to be seen on the approach from Beauly. And it was this level space or Muir which was the site of the largest cattle fair in the north from 1820 . . . — — Map (db m127978) HM
To the
Glory of God
and in
Grateful Remembrance
Of the Officers
Non-com Officers
And Men
from the
Parish of Knockbain
Who Gave
Their Lives For
King and Country
In the Great Wars
1914 – 1919
and
1939 – 1945 . . . — — Map (db m127328) WM
The monuments here were built between three and four thousand years ago.
The oldest are a circular walled enclosure - the central 'ring cairn' and two 'passage graves.' The latest was a ring of boulders that enclosed a grave, the 'kerb . . . — — Map (db m91728) HM
‘Nairn Fishwife’
In Nairn, when the fishing industry was at its height in the late 19th century, the Fishwife played a very important role within the community. As well as being responsible for caring for house and family, she also gathered bait, . . . — — Map (db m128034) HM
In the summer of 1940 when Britain's fortunes in World War II were at their lowest ebb and an enemy invasion was threatened Winston Churchill boldly ordered the raising of an elite force to raid the enemy-held coastline of Europe and regain the . . . — — Map (db m85790) WM
“Is e dia ar Tearmunn”
To the Glory of God & in Memory
of our Sons, our Brothers, and
Our Friends from this parish
who fell in the Great War —
1914 – 1919
Somerset Yeomanry —
Captain Robert Ernest . . . — — Map (db m127976) WM
Sacred to the Memory of
The Men of Dunnet, Who
Fell in the Great War
1914 — 1919.
Army
Sgt. Don. MacLeod, Seaforths · Sgt. Robt. Simpson, Amer. F.A. · L/Cl. Don. Manson, Seaforths · L/Cl. Wm. Robertson, Seaforths · Pte. Don. Banks, . . . — — Map (db m127612) WM
Erected in
Loving Memory
of
George William Mackay
Glaickbea
Son of
William and Christina Mackay,
Who Was Lost in the Titanic
Disaster, 15th April 1912
Aged 20 Years
“Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see . . . — — Map (db m128345) HM
To the Glory of God
And in Proud and
Loving Memory of
The Men of Reay
Who Fell in The
Great War
1914 — 1919.
Lieut. John S. Bain Canadian Royal Hdrs. · C.S.M. Thomas Dundas D.C.M. 7th Seaforth Hdrs. · Sergt. John cormack . . . — — Map (db m127825) HM
Sir George Sinclair
Baronet of Ulbster
Formerly M.P. for Caithness
Born 29th August 1790
Died 9th October 1868
This fountain was erected in 1894 by his only surviving son, (who while he lives will think of him every day) in grateful and . . . — — Map (db m127823) HM
The Rt Hon
John Sinclair
of Ulbster, Baronet
Born 10th May 1754
Died 21st Dec 1835
Formerly MP
for Caithness
( parts of the inscription are unreadable due to weathering )( side )
The American ambassador wrote in . . . — — Map (db m127822) HM
This Memorial
Is Dedicated To Those From
The Parish Of Thurso, Who,
In the War of 1914 — 1919
Laid Down Their Lives
For God and Country
and the Cause of Freedom
We Thank Our God Upon
Every Remembrance Of Them
Alexander . . . — — Map (db m127665) WM
Erected
In Loving Memory Of
The Men of Coigach
Who Fell In
The Great War
1914 — 1919.
Seaforth Hdrs.
L. Cpl. Murdo Campbell · L. Cpl. Murdo MacLeod · L. Cpl. Rodk. MacLeod · Pte. John MacLean · Pte. Donald Mackensie · Pte. . . . — — Map (db m122733) WM
Deep freeze mountains
Chan e fuar-bheann ach reothte
Picture the scene here 25,000 years ago … All you'd have seen was a great expanse of ice covering even the highest mountains and flowing far out to the west, beyond the Isle of Lewis. . . . — — Map (db m127969) HM
1914 – 1918
To
The Glory of God
and in Honoured Memory
of The Men of Ullapool
and surrounding District
who fell in the Great War
Dileas Guiseppe Bas
Kings R.R. Corps
Pte. Alexander MacRae
Loyal Scouts
Sgt. Murdo robertson . . . — — Map (db m127972) WM
The lighthouse here at Duncansby Head is one of over 200 that are located around Scotland’s wild coastline. Operated and maintained by the Northern Lighthouse Board they warn ships of dangerous waters and provide safe passage.
Standing only . . . — — Map (db m122846) HM
Keiss Quoad Sacra Parish
To the Memory of
The Fallen
In the Great War 1914 – 1919
Pte. Alexander Bain Sea.H. April 18, 1918. · Pte William Budge Can. I. Oct. 31, 1918 · Cpl. Donald Budge S.Gds. March 27, 1918. · Sea. William S. Bremner . . . — — Map (db m127544) WM
Brochs: Beacons of Belonging
You are standing in one of the most important archaeological landscapes in Britain. Scan the horizon. You are surrounded by history: old harbours, houses and burials. As you move around the coastline you will . . . — — Map (db m127566) HM
This Bench Has Been Placed
Here in Memory of
Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother
By Her Majesty’s Friends
Trustees and Employees
At Mey
Queen Elizabeth Loved This
Castle Which She Saved From
Ruin in 1952, Spending Many . . . — — Map (db m127610) HM
Repair and Conservation works to Castle of Mey: Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust
The Castle of Mey was the property of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1952 until 1996, when Her Majesty generously gifted it with an endowment to the Queen . . . — — Map (db m127609) HM
For 5000 years people have settled in the land stretching before you, leaving signs of their burials in the chamibered cairns found on the island of Stroma and on the summit of Warth Hill that rises behind this point. It takes its name from the . . . — — Map (db m127567) HM
In Honour of All
Those Who Suffered
And in Proud and Grateful
Remembrance of the Fallen
Sons of the Burgh of Wick
Who Died for Home
and Freedom
In the Great War, 1914 — 1919
Also
In Honoured and Grateful
Remembrance of All . . . — — Map (db m127542) WM
